The Doms were formerly grouped with other traditionally itinerant ethnic groups originating from medieval India: the Rom and Lom peoples.[2] However, these groups left India at different times and used different routes.[6] The Domari language has a separate origin in India from Romani,[2] and Doms are not closer to the Romani people than other Indians, such as Gujaratis.[7] Dom people do not identify themselves as Romanis.[8]
The Dom have an oral tradition and express their culture and history through music, poetry, and dance.[2] Initially, it was believed that they were a branch of the Romani people, but recent studies of the Domari language suggest that they departed from the Indian subcontinent[9] at different times and using different routes.[6]
Among the various Domari subgroups, they were initially part of Ghawazi who were known for their dancing and music business.[2] Some Muslim Roma may share Dom ancestry too, because in the travel book Seyahatnâme, written by the Ottoman Turkish traveller Evliya Çelebi in 1668, he explained that the Romani from Komotini (Gümülcine) believe that their ancestors originated in Ottoman Egypt.[10] Also the sedentary Romani groups from Serres region in Greece believe their ancestors were once taken from Ottoman Egypt by the Turks after 1517 to Rumelia, to work on the tobacco plantations of Turkish feudals that were based there.[11]
The Dom people, with an estimated population of 2.2 million, predominantly inhabit regions spanning Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran. The actual population is believed to surpass this estimate, given that some Dom individuals are left out of official national censuses, and others identify themselves using national labels rather than the term "Dom."[13]
There is a large concentration of Doms in Jordan, where they call themselves Bani Murra.[14] Researchers have written that "they accommodate Arab racism by hiding their ethnic identity", since they would not be accepted into Arab societies once their true identity is revealed due to the anti-Romani sentiment that is prevalent in the Arab world.[14]
^Maltby, Kate (June 2014). "Bordering isolation: Attitudes to minorities in Turkey". Index on Censorship. 43 (2): 62–66. doi:10.1177/0306422014536301. ISSN 0306-4220. S2CID 147052237.
^ abHubschmannova, Milena; Kalinin, Valdemar; Kenrick, Donald (2000). Bakker, Peter; Kichukov, Khristo (eds.). What is the Romani language?. Centre de recherches tsiganes. p. 18. ISBN1-902806-06-9. OCLC 45827711.
^Hancock, Ian F. (2002). We are the Romani People. Centre de recherches tsiganes. p. 6. ISBN978-1-902806-19-8. OCLC 52312737.
^Özateşler, Gül (1 December 2013). "The "Ethnic Identification" Of Dom People In Diyarbakir". Journal of Modern Turkish History Studies. 13 (27): 279. ISSN 1300-0756.
^Matras, Yaron (December 2012). . [romani] project. School of Languages, Linguistics, and Cultures The University of Manchester. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
^Friedman, Victor A.; Dankoff, Robert (1991). "The Earliest Text in Balkan (Rumelian) Romani: A Passage from Evliya Çelebi's Seyaḥât‑nâmeh" (PDF). Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society. Fifth Series. 1 (1): 1–20. ISSN 0017-6087. (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2022 – via The University of Chicago.
^Zachos, Dimitrios (2011). "Sedentary Roma (Gypsies): The case of Serres (Greece)". Romani Studies. 21: 23–56. doi:10.3828/rs.2011.2. S2CID 144321480 – via ResearchGate.
^Capt. Newbold (1856). "The Gypsies of Egypt". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 16: 285–312. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00156382. JSTOR 25228684. S2CID 163220134. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
^ abMarsh, Adrian & Strand, Elin (red.) (2006). Gypsies and the Problem of Identities: Contextual, Constructed and Contested. Istanbul: Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (Svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul), p. 207
Tarlan, K. V (2018). "Encouraging Integration and Social Cohesion of Syrian Dom Immigrants Proposal for a Regional Social Inclusion Strategy Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan". 25 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine Gaziantep: Kırkayak Kültür.
Tarlan, K. V., Faggo, H (2018). "The 'Other' Asylum Seekers from Syria: Discrimination, Isolation, and Social Exclusion. Syrian Dom Asylum Seekers in the Crossfire". Gaziantep: Kırkayak Kültür - Kemal Vural Tarlan, Hacer Foggo.
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For caste in India see Dom caste The Dom also called Domi Arabic دومي ALA LC Dumi دومري Dumri Ḍom ضوم or دوم or sometimes also called Doms are descendants of the Dom caste with origins in the Indian subcontinent which through ancient migrations are found scattered across the Middle East and North Africa the Eastern Anatolia Region and parts of the Balkans and Hungary 2 The traditional language of the Dom is Domari an endangered Indo Aryan language thereby making the Dom an Indo Aryan ethnic group 2 5 DomTotal population2 2 million estimated 1 Regions with significant populationsBalkans and Hungary Eastern Anatolia Region Middle East and North AfricaLanguagesDomari primarily 2 Albanian Arabic also various dialects Hebrew Kurdish TurkishReligionChristianity 3 Judaism Islam irreligion 4 Related ethnic groupsAshkali and Balkan Egyptians 4 Domba 2 Ghorbati 2 Lom 2 Romani 2 other Indo Aryans 2 The Doms were formerly grouped with other traditionally itinerant ethnic groups originating from medieval India the Rom and Lom peoples 2 However these groups left India at different times and used different routes 6 The Domari language has a separate origin in India from Romani 2 and Doms are not closer to the Romani people than other Indians such as Gujaratis 7 Dom people do not identify themselves as Romanis 8 Contents 1 Culture 2 Distribution 3 See also 4 References 5 Bibliography 6 External linksCulture editThe Dom have an oral tradition and express their culture and history through music poetry and dance 2 Initially it was believed that they were a branch of the Romani people but recent studies of the Domari language suggest that they departed from the Indian subcontinent 9 at different times and using different routes 6 Among the various Domari subgroups they were initially part of Ghawazi who were known for their dancing and music business 2 Some Muslim Roma may share Dom ancestry too because in the travel book Seyahatname written by the Ottoman Turkish traveller Evliya Celebi in 1668 he explained that the Romani from Komotini Gumulcine believe that their ancestors originated in Ottoman Egypt 10 Also the sedentary Romani groups from Serres region in Greece believe their ancestors were once taken from Ottoman Egypt by the Turks after 1517 to Rumelia to work on the tobacco plantations of Turkish feudals that were based there 11 Muslim Roma settled in Baranya and the city of Pecs in southwestern Hungary After the Siege of Pecs 1686 when the Habsburgs took it back Muslim Roma and some other Muslim ethnic minorities abandoned Islam and converted to Christianity choosing the Roman Catholic faith in the years 1686 1713 3 The Ghagar a subgroup of the Doms in Egypt say that some of them went to Hungary 12 Distribution editThe Dom people with an estimated population of 2 2 million predominantly inhabit regions spanning Turkey Egypt Greece Jordan Palestine Israel Lebanon Iraq and Iran The actual population is believed to surpass this estimate given that some Dom individuals are left out of official national censuses and others identify themselves using national labels rather than the term Dom 13 There is a large concentration of Doms in Jordan where they call themselves Bani Murra 14 Researchers have written that they accommodate Arab racism by hiding their ethnic identity since they would not be accepted into Arab societies once their true identity is revealed due to the anti Romani sentiment that is prevalent in the Arab world 14 See also editDoms in Syria History of the Romani people Nawar people Sinti ZottReferences edit Maltby Kate June 2014 Bordering isolation Attitudes to minorities in Turkey Index on Censorship 43 2 62 66 doi 10 1177 0306422014536301 ISSN 0306 4220 S2CID 147052237 a b c d e f g h i j k l Matras amp Tenser 2020 pp 14 17 a b Die Baranya in den Jahren 1686 bis 1713 Kontinuitat und Wandel in einem a b Ismaili Besa 2013 Kosovo In Nielsen Jorgen S Akgonul Samim Alibasic Ahmet Racius Egdunas eds Yearbook of Muslims in Europe Vol 5 Leiden and Boston Brill Publishers pp 369 381 doi 10 1163 9789004255869 025 ISBN 978 90 04 25586 9 ISSN 1877 1432 Turki ye de Rom Dom Ve Lom Gruplarinin Gorunumu a b Hubschmannova Milena Kalinin Valdemar Kenrick Donald 2000 Bakker Peter Kichukov Khristo eds What is the Romani language Centre de recherches tsiganes p 18 ISBN 1 902806 06 9 OCLC 45827711 Hancock Ian F 2002 We are the Romani People Centre de recherches tsiganes p 6 ISBN 978 1 902806 19 8 OCLC 52312737 Ozatesler Gul 1 December 2013 The Ethnic Identification Of Dom People In Diyarbakir Journal of Modern Turkish History Studies 13 27 279 ISSN 1300 0756 Matras Yaron December 2012 Domari romani project School of Languages Linguistics and Cultures The University of Manchester Archived from the original on 20 November 2010 Retrieved 26 December 2012 Friedman Victor A Dankoff Robert 1991 The Earliest Text in Balkan Rumelian Romani A Passage from Evliya Celebi s Seyaḥat nameh PDF Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society Fifth Series 1 1 1 20 ISSN 0017 6087 Archived PDF from the original on 19 November 2022 via The University of Chicago Zachos Dimitrios 2011 Sedentary Roma Gypsies The case of Serres Greece Romani Studies 21 23 56 doi 10 3828 rs 2011 2 S2CID 144321480 via ResearchGate Capt Newbold 1856 The Gypsies of Egypt The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 16 285 312 doi 10 1017 S0035869X00156382 JSTOR 25228684 S2CID 163220134 Retrieved 23 November 2023 O Haodha Micheal 2 October 2009 Migrants and Memory The Forgotten Postcolonials Cambridge Scholars Publishing p 86 ISBN 978 1 4438 1474 4 a b Marsh Adrian amp Strand Elin red 2006 Gypsies and the Problem of Identities Contextual Constructed and Contested Istanbul Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul Svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul p 207Bibliography editMatras Yaron Tenser Anton eds 2020 The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan doi 10 1007 978 3 030 28105 2 ISBN 978 3 030 28107 6 Tarlan K V 2018 Encouraging Integration and Social Cohesion of Syrian Dom Immigrants Proposal for a Regional Social Inclusion Strategy Turkey Lebanon and Jordan Archived 25 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine Gaziantep Kirkayak Kultur Tarlan K V Faggo H 2018 The Other Asylum Seekers from Syria Discrimination Isolation and Social Exclusion Syrian Dom Asylum Seekers in the Crossfire Gaziantep Kirkayak Kultur Kemal Vural Tarlan Hacer Foggo External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dom people Dom Research Center Archived 19 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Gypsies of Jerusalem the Forgotten People By Amoun Sleem Domari The society of Gypsies in Jerusalem The Gypsy People of Israel Gaza amp the West Bank by Valery Novoselsky Evolving educating Israel s Gypsy community by Roi Mandel The Dom People and their Children in Lebanon by Terre des Hommes Archived 21 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine From The Occupation of Iraq to The Arab Spring Gypsies in the Middle 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